St. Andrew's Cathedral

The most fascinating cathedral in Bordeaux is the Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called. The temple was built over five centuries, which greatly affected its architecture.

The cathedral is a single-nave temple in the Gothic style, two symmetrically arranged towers. The height of the towers reaches about 81 meters. A distinctive feature of the cathedral is the placement of its entrance: unlike Christian churches, whose entrance is in the west, it is located on the north side.

The northern facade is decorated with the Royal Portal, which depicts the Last Judgment, and in the eastern part of the temple there is a choir. The bypass gallery opens five chapels, which are decorated with reliefs depicting plots from the Bible.

Inside the temple has a special place painting XIV-XVII centuries, sculpture of the beginning of XIV-XVI centuries. The modern body deserves special attention. Since 1998, the Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a shrine of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

At the moment, after many reconstructions and repairs, the cathedral, as before, collects a huge number of pilgrims and ordinary tourists.